I was ridiculed for my performance. My name was run through the mud.
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"Apolo Anton Ohno" is a retired United States/American short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist (two gold, two silver, four bronze) in the Winter Olympics.
More Apolo Ohno on Wikipedia.My social life is down to the minimum. I don't go out. I don't drink. My lifestyle is pretty boring.
I really wanted to set something up. People have questions about what I've been doing the past couple of years. I want them to know I'm excited to be here. I want to put a lot of things on the table. A lot of Koreans are not familiar with me. They only know what they see on the news or what somebody else says. I want to let them know a little bit about me and take it from there.
On any day, anything can happen.
One guy wins and one guy loses, but it's not entirely up to him. Our sport is so crazy that on any given Sunday, anybody can win. You can run the same race over and over five times, and you'll probably get five different winners. It's wild.
People tell me that. I don't think it is.
The depth of our whole program, in Marquette and Colorado Springs, has gotten a lot better.
No death threats while I was in Korea nor leading up to the competition. Actually, a very high-ranking Korean speed-skating official was telling me that I may have sparked a fan club! How cool is that?
It bothered me a lot. I was really, really bothered by it. I grew up around Asian culture. I'm just an athlete. I was trying to finish the race. A lot of it was built up by certain people (whom he declined to identify) using me. I have a lot of friends in Korea who have nothing against me at all.
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